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LEOPARDS LET LOOSE IN LABRAE

LEAVITTSBURG, OH – It was a good way to start off 2023 for the Liberty girls’ basketball team on Monday. Playing on the road, the Leopards would take down conference foe LaBrae handedly by a score of 75-36 in a game that featured two 20+ point quarters by the Leopards; a 22-9 first quarter and a convincing 22-4 fourth quarter.

 

The senior duo of Demi Watson and Aaliyah Foster was once again the workload for Liberty, as they combined for 58 of the team’s 75 points, with Watson leading all scorers with 30 and Foster just trailing with 28. They also compiled 33 of the team’s 40 first-half points as LaBrae had a tough time stopping their explosive drives to the basket. To cap things off in their stellar performances, Watson had a good night from the line as she dialed a 5/7 mark. 

 

The Vikings, despite the struggles, found promise from the charity stripe as they went 12/14 in the first half and finished 18/24 for an impressive 75%. Freshman Ella Kuzsmaul held her own for the Vikings as she led the team with 12 points, including going 5/6 on foul shots on the night. Senior Jahnya Dorsey also played tough, as she went 4/6 from the line and had 6 points before going out with a leg injury. LaBrae also put up a strong second quarter showing with 15 points in the period before Liberty pulled away in the second half.

 

Liberty (4-3) will welcome Campbell Memorial on Thursday as the Leopards begin a six-game home stand that will last for about two-and-a-half weeks. The Vikings (2-8) will travel out to Champion on Thursday to end the week.

*Contributed By YSN’s Noah Ricks

WARRIORS WIELD THEIR POWER IN BIG VICTORY

LEAVITTSBURG OH- The talent that Brookfield has on their roster can shined bright on Monday night. The Warriors coming off a tough loss on Thursday to Crestview got right back on the horse and barreled their way through LaBrae 56-24.

Sophia Hook had a exceptional game for the Warriors pacing the team with 24 points. Cailey Wellman added another double double under her belt as she totaled 10 points, and 16 rebounds.  Katie Logan contributed an important 8 points in the victory.

Ella Kuszmaul led the Vikings by breaking into double figures with 10 points.  Marissa Levensky added 5 points to the cause.

Brookfield will try and keep the positive momentum going on Thursday as they hit the road to take on Mathews.  LaBrae is on the road next as well as they travel to Windham.

GARFIELD HITS THE HIGH NOTE

GARRETTSVILLE OH- Garfield has a lot of goals in mind coming in to 2022.  The first goal is always to win a conference championship.  They took their first step towards MVAC dominance on Thursday as they opened their slate with a 50-12 win over LaBrae.

The scoring from Garfield came from multiple players. Lauren McCoy and Mandy Cardinal both led the G-Men with 11 points a piece.  Madeline Shirkey was also in double figures with 10 points for Garfield.  Maddie Fogel had a nice day for Garfield chipping in 6 points.

Garfiekd will continue the season on Monday as they stay in the MVAC with a road trip to Campbell.  LaBrae will stay on the road as they go to Newton Falls.

RAIDERS SEASON STAYS ALIVE

MENTOR OH- South Range has been the upset team of the district so far this season. The 11th seeded Raiders beat a higher seeded opponent for the second straight night beating the 8 seed LaBrae in straight sets. (25-15 25-10 25-23)

The Raiders were led on offense by Maria Primavera who completed a double double with 10 kills, and 22 digs.  Maddie Mook had a great night with 6 kills, and 8 digs.  Jamie Feren also notched a double double for the Raiders with 15 assists, and 11 digs. Gianna Pasquale played well in the back row finishing  with 15 digs.

South Range advances to the district semifinals on Wednesday where they’ll have to come with their biggest upset yet. They’ll be matched up with top seeded Lake Catholic.  That match is slated for 6:00 at Medina High School.

CRESTVIEW FINISHES OFF UNDEFEATED CONFERENCE SLATE

COLUMBIANA OH- Already with a conference championship under their belt, Crestview had one more opponent to end an undefeated run through the MVAC.  Crestview welcomed in LaBrae on senior night and swept their way to victory. Crestview went the whole conference season without losing a set.  (25-10 25-19 25-15)

Grace Auer just added another triple double to her collection as she finished with 18 kills, 15 assists, and 20 digs. Abbey Emch contributed 13 kills to the cause.  Lainy Auer led the team in assists with 20.

The Rebels will now face their last four games of the season. They are all big non conference tests, and it starts on Saturday when Crestview travels to Girard.

RAMS STAND TALL AGAINST LABRAE

LEAVITTSBURG OH- Mineral Ridge went to LaBrae and ran away with yet another sweep on the season. This brings Mineral Ridge’s record to 16-1 (11-0). It was the Rams 14th sweep of the season.  (25-13 25-19 25-17)

 

Faith Schneider had a great night for the Rams as she gathered a double double with 15 kills, and 19 digs.  Hannah Loeb rocked out of the middle. She finished with 9 kills and a block.  Gianna Paris tied Schneider’s team lead in digs with 19 on the night.

Mineral Ridge gets back to conference play on Tuesday as they match up with McDonald at home.  LaBrae is 10-6 on the season and will remain home to host Champion on Tuesday.

REBELS RAM THROUGH LABRAE ON THE ROAD

LEAVITTSBURG, OH- Another game, another big night from Crestview Senior, Rocco Bettura in a 22-7 victory over LaBrae on Friday night.

Bettura accounted for all three scores on the Rebel’s side on plunges of 5, 14, and 4 yards away.  Crestview as a team combined for 312 total yards, 263 of those yards coming on the ground-178 from Bettura himself.

Kirkland Miller was 10/12 for 49 yards, and added 8 rushes for 56 yards rushing as well.

The Vikings were led by Jay McGarry with 12 rushes for 42 yards and a score.

Jamison English led the defensive attack for Crestview with two picks.  The Rebel pressure was also felt as Crestview had three sacks during the contest.

Crestview (2-4) will return home to play Garfield while LaBrae will travel to Brookfield to continue their conference schedule.

 

 

VIKINGS REIGN SUPREME

LIBERTY OH- LaBrae and Liberty crossed paths for the second time this season on the hardwood. They went the distance the first time around and we were all expecting a repeat of the first performance. That would not be the case as fatigue has finally caught up with the Leopards this season. An onslaught of games going four and five sets seems like it has finally started to wear on Liberty who had a lot of simple mistakes that cost them a chance at victory in Thursday nights meeting. LaBrae had a few mistakes of their own, but they played a solid overall match, and their defensive abilities allowed them to stay put and have Liberty make the mistakes to help them along on their biggest runs of the night.

Set one was controlled by the Vikings the whole way through as Taylor Burns and Rylee McDonough swarmed the net. After a brief back and forth at the start of the set the Vikings took off and won set one 25-11. Set’s two and three would not be so easy as the two squads swapped the lead over and over as Liberty stormed back from down six to take the lead 23-21, but the Vikings would end the set on a 4-0 run to make a comeback of their own to win set two. Set three became equally challenging for both teams as they both were feeling the wear and tear of such a hard-fought battle. Once more they would share the lead, but ultimately it was the Vikings who were able to get the last point of the net. Thanks to great effort all around LaBrae won set three 25-23. Taylor Burns was named player of the game.

LaBrae moves up to (10-5) on the season after Thursday’s victory and they will attempt to put together a three-game winning streak as they play host to the (15-1) Mineral Ridge Rams at home on Monday. Liberty falls back to .500 on the season with their record now at (8-8) and they will look towards the weekend for some much needed rest and relaxation before going on the road Monday against (13-4) Western Reserve.

*Contributed By YSN’s Alek Koberna

CAMPBELL OUTLASTS VIKINGS IN TOUGH SWEEP

CAMPBELL OH- Campbell racked up another league victory on Thursday night as they fought through some tough sets to sweep LaBrae. (26-24 27-25 25-12)

Leading the Devils offense was Kendall Brunn who finished with 14 kills on the night.  Angeliz Diaz added 9 kills to offense. Carla Ramirez Ortiz continued to impress as the setter with 32 assists.  She completed a double double on the night be also leading the defense in digs with 23.  Diaz was also tough on defense with 17 digs.

Campbell keeps league play going on Tuesday as they travel to Champion.

CHAMPION GETS ANOTHER BIG WIN

LEAVITTSBURG OH- Champion avenged last years tough loss to LaBrae in Week 5 by going to Leavittsburg and rocking the Vikings by a score of 37-14.

Champion set the tone on its first drive of the field. They marched right down the field and capped their impressive drive off with a Nick Vesey touchdown.  Vesey would score again on the night. Joey Fell would join him with a pair of touchdowns.  For LaBrae Trenton Stehura threw two touchdowns.

Champion will have a big test in Week 6 as they square off with Garfield. LaBrae will have to travel to Newton Falls to try and get their first win of the season.